User:APatro (WMF)/OutPutPage::parse

Upon changing the code to use parseAsContent instead of the deprecated parse method, we noticed that external link icons are missing on the translation aid section on Translatewiki.net

Input:

<nowiki>#:</nowiki>  [https://github.com/dissemin/dissemin/blob/master/papers/static/papers/refresh.js#L96 papers/static/papers/refresh.js:96]<br />

parse

Output:

<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>#:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/dissemin/dissemin/blob/master/papers/static/papers/refresh.js#L96">papers/static/papers/refresh.js:96</a><br/>
</p></div>

parseAsContent

Output:

<p>#:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/dissemin/dissemin/blob/master/papers/static/papers/refresh.js#L96">papers/static/papers/refresh.js:96</a><br />
</p>

Output from parse is wrapped in a div tag with class mw-parser-output whereas the output from parseAsContent is not. It is already documented that,

since 1.32, due to untidy output and inconsistent wrapper; use parseAsContent() if $interface is default value or false, or else parseAsInterface() if $interface is true.

The themes (checked with Vector & Timeless) are using the selector .mw-parser-output .external to style the content which is causing the external link to not appear.

I think it is expected for the parser content to be wrapped inside a container with .mw-parser-output class.